Bottle.



PATENTED 00124, 1905. G T. LIDDLE. BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY29,1905.

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed May 29,1905. Serial 1\l0-262,85'7.

To a, w/to'nt it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE THOMAS LIDDLE. a citizen of the United States, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottles of the breakable-neck type, and has for its objects to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character which will effectually prevent the fraudulent reuse of the bottle, and consequently the employment of the latter for thesale of a grade of goods inferior to that which it originally contained.

Further objects of the invention are to pro vide a device of this character wherein after application of the seal the latter cannot be removed or the cork extracted without breaking the neck, thus destroying the original appearance and integrity of the bottle, and one wherein the seals may be preserved unimpaired for repeated use.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully .iereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is L central section through a portion of a bot- ;le and its neck, the latter having applied 1heret0 a seal embodying myinvention. Fig. Zis a perspective view of the body of the seal. Fig. 3 is a similar view of its retainng member. Fig. 4 is aview similar to Fig. l, showing another embodiment of seal ap- Jlied for use. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of ,he body of the seal shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the retaining mem- )QI employed in connection therewith.

Referring to the drawings, ,1 designates a )ottle having a neck 2, designed to receive a :ork 3, these parts all being of the ordinary :onstruction and adapted to perform their .isual functions, except the neck 2 is provided vith a supplemental portion or extension 4 )f a thin highly-frangible formation at its Joint of juncture 5 with the-main portion of he neck and having on its interior a series )f downwardly-pitched engaging portions or eeth 6 preferably extending wholly around he inner face of said extension and approiriately spaced in a direction longitudinally )f the latter, it being noted that the inner di- .meter of the neck portion Lis slightly greater han that of the neck portion 2 for a puriose which will hereinafter appear.

Arranged in the portion 4: of the neck is a sealing member 7, which, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, comprisesa cylindrical body composed of any suitable material and having a transverse opening 8, designed to receive a retaining member or spring 9, provided with outturned spririg-engaging portions or fingers 10, adapted for engagement with the teeth 6 to hold the body 7 in place, the member 9 being carried and maintained in position within the opening by a wedge-like block or element 11, having upwardly-convergent side edges, producing within the body suitable cavities or recesses 12 to receive and permit relative compression of the spi'ingfingers during introduction of the seal into the bottle-neck.

In practice after the bottle has been filled and the cork 3 inserted in place, which latter may be readily accomplished owing to the neck portion t being of larger diameter than that of portion 2, the seal 7, together with its retaining member 9, is introduced into the neck and forced downward until it seats upon the upper end. of the cork, in which position it will be retained owing to engagement of the fingers 10 with one of the teeth 6, thus preventing its own removal or that of the cork. It is to be noted at this point that the body 7 is of a diameter equaling that of the neck portion 4:, whereby it cannot be forced downward through the neck 2, and, further, will prevent insertion of a wire or other instrument for tampering with the retaining fingers 10. When it is desired to open the bottle, the neck is fractured, usually at the point 5, whereupon the cork 3 may be extracted in the ordinary manner and the seal readily removed from the neck portion 4 and preserved for repeated use.

In the form of device illustrated in Figs. 4: to 6 the body or seal 7 is provided with a headed stud 13 and the retaining member 9 with a base portion 14, having a seat 15 to receive said stud, there being formed in the side of the body 7 at diametrically opposite points recesses 16 to receive and permit play of the springdingcrs 10 during insertion of the seal. In other respects the construction and operation of the device is identical with that above described.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple inexpensive device of this character which in practice is admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes IIO in the details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is A bottle and its neck, the latter comprising stopper and seal receiving portions, the latter portion having internal teeth and being of greater diameter than the stopper-receiving portion, a sealing-bod adapted for entrance into the neck, and a retaining member having a yieldahle finger for engagement with the teeth to retain the body in place, said bod having a recess to receive and permit play 01 the finger.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature ii' presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE THOMAS LIDDLE.

lVitnesses:

LENA NIcHoLs, 0. Ln ROY DOANE. 

